Waiting, waiting, waiting.........

Right now I am waiting to hear that Chris' flight has lifted off from Chicago, then at least I know he is in the air and on the way back to me!!! Another day filled with delays, but as long as he is safe and home, that is all that matters.

My sister in law is cooking us supper, so when we pick him up, we will go there and thank goodness I won't have to cook tonight.

I just can't express how excited I am to have him home again, being away from each other really makes you appreciate them so much more don't you think?

Merry Christmas to all, and a happy new year!!!

Some venting.....again.....

I feel like my only posts lately are venting and complaining....well here I am again....not that I WANT to feel the way I do, but lately I am feeling very overwhelmed and tired and lonely.

Hubby is in Cincinnati....he left on Monday. We were a little late to the airport so I dropped him off and drove back around to park. I came in and JUST caught him with enough time for a kiss and he was gone. That was hard, I had it all planned out in my head, a long affectionate goodbye....ah well. Gracie had spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa's as I had to be up at 4:30 in the morning to take him to the airport. So I came home, and had a sleep until my doctors appointment.

I am officially 8 weeks pregnant, due on July 18, (2 days after Gracie was due)

Hubby had a horrible trip! The plan was late leaving due to it needing to be deiced. So then he missed his connecting flight in Chicago. Then after sitting there for 5 hours, he finally got on a plane and got to Cincinnati. He then got his rental car, and proceeded to try to get to his hotel, making a wrong turn on the interstate. Well he did make it, got himself some supper (after a long wait for it) got some beer and went to his hotel room. He couldn't open his beer, no bottle openers to be found. So someone lent him a screw driver and he opened his beer and it exploded all over him, his room, his laptop..(which thankfully is ok) I felt so bad for him, even though I did have to chuckle a little.

I picked up Gracie from Grandparents and came home. Tuesday and wednesday have been crap. Literally. Gracie is sick again. This time though thankfully there has been no vomiting, but the poor girls bum is soooooooo red and sore, and she screams....Oh I have just been feeling so bad for her. I haven't been feeling too bad so yesterday I lysoled the house, cleaned everything I could get my hands on, partly to get rid of the germs, and partly because if I get sick....well at least it is in a clean house!! :) The poor kid hasn't eaten anything to speak of in two days, at least today she has got a some toast in her, and a few bits and peices. I am just so done with sickness....done...done...done.

I don't like to wish time away....God gave us this time and we will never get it back. I know this. But today I just feel (them feelings again) like going to sleep and waking up and it is monday and we are going to the airport to pick up daddy....I am not in as bad of a mood as I was when I woke up this morning, but ugggg....I suppose we all have these days, and this too shall pass.

I am disapointed too as I did have some plans this week to get together with some friends for some preChristmas joy...not gonna happen...I am not inflicting the runs on other peoples kids at this time of year.

I just hope and pray that the rest of the week goes by better, that I don't get sick, that Gracie is all better. She hasn't been since 6 this morning, so maybe she is on the mend...takes so long to get better with little ones.

Blog name change???

So I guess I am going to have to rename my blog.... since we are having another addition to the family, it isn't all about my amazing Gracie anymore.....

Hmmmmm....Any Ideas???

I am having a wonderful week, Hubby had a week off between jobs. So it has been nice, he has been getting up with Gracie and letting me slowly get around and relax through my morning sickness. AHHHH, what a blessing....if only he could be here ALL the time.

He flies out on Monday morning, he has to be at the airport at 6:00am, and we have an hour drive to the airport.....Guess who gets to drive him.... Thank goodness for Grandma and Grandpa who Gracie will be having a sleep over with, and won't have to get up at 3:00am...can you imagine?!!?

I am sure going to miss him.

Especially since Gracie is going through a phase right now. We tell her to do something and if she doesn't want to, it takes speaking firmer and firmer, until she realizes she has to do it, then she does it and runs away screaming and crying......Oh I could shake her....This is frustrating, I guess like my hubby said the only thing we can do is wait for her to be 3.

More joys of life!

The last couple of days have been nasty....poor Gracie has been soooo sick, and yesterday she crashed, slept most of the day. (Which was probably the best thing for her) I have been feeling pretty good, the morning sickness has stayed away, and God has helped me take care of a little girl that I don't know what to do for....

Today is a different story....Gracie woke up singing.....no evacuations as of yet, such a happy little girl, playing, running, completly better.... BUT....and there is always a BUT....I think I have it.....I have been glued to the toilet all morning "spitting" in it (as Gracie calls it). I am really hoping this passes quickly, I pray it does....I am so not feeling myself!

The only good thing is we should all be better by the time hubby has to fly to the states for training on the 15th....Oh I hope....I can't imagine a week of feeling like this without him!!

Oh Joy, oh Bliss!!

Oh joy, oh Bliss.....(Sarcasm)

I am pregnant again!!

Now I am not one of those crazy (wink, wink) people who love being pregnant, I personally hate the swollen fat feeling that we have before we start to show. I HATE the morning sickness (which has been worse I think this time around) I am NOT looking forward to being huge, tired, swollen. I am not as nervous about adding another kid to the brood, but it would be really neat if someone invented a way to skip this part!!!

Especially with a 2 year old running around.

Now I found out last week, (I am about 5-6 weeks along) and my beautiful daughter decides to get some sort of a bug and for the first time in her life is puking and has major runs!! The first night we got home from my hubby's Christmas party to her fast asleep in bed with a massive upchuck....poor kid...Hubby was home so he dealt with the grossness for me. Then Saturday evening I was having some cuddles on the couch with Gracie and she blew again....All over me, down my back, in my bra, in my pants, on my hair....(this was about 10:00 at night) All over her....again hubby was there to deal with it, but I am afraid he couldn't deal with the grossness factor. We had to jump in the shower together before she went to sleep. Poor kid....poor me....I am amazed that I didn't let my dinner go on top of Gracie, thank goodness...what scars would that leave on a child.

Today....Today I was feeling much better. Not so nauseous.... Until...well the runs... Gracie is potty training so she is wearing big girl panties....well you can imagine....it was everywhere. I really have to steam clean my carpet now... I never did upchuck today either, but I had to clean the carpet best I could, mop, clean the bathroom, clean the kid up....No hubby today!! Oh my...I sure do pray this all passes very soon, for both of us!!!

On to other things. Hubby has a new job, we aren't sure if he starts on the 8th or the 15th, but I do know that he has to fly out on the 15th to Cincinnati, for training. (So I really pray that the above stuff has passed by then!!) We are hoping for some better things, more family time, less time that he has to drive to and from work, and no more being away for a week at a time every four to five weeks. I know that we all get nervous etc, but I do hope that we made the right move that God wanted us to make. I guess we pray for His guidance to make the right moves. The Christmas party was sad that we went to on the weekend, Chris has been with that Company for almost 5 years, and I know most people quite well and I will miss them. I think we all get so comfortable where we are that major changes are quite hard to deal with.

So a world full of changes at this time in our lives....scary, exciting, but mostly scary!! :)